Postmaster Hogan Reflects On Monticello Community Unity
Monticello postmaster Hogan, retiring after 20 years, praises residents for working together free of religious or political prejudice. He recalls postal growth from 16,800 to 41,637.07 annual receipts by 1953 and lauds coworkers, civic spirit, and cross‑party cooperation amid comments on post office improvements and leadership. Friends and neighbors host weekend visits and greetings in Monticello and surrounding towns.
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Monticello
America
Frank Walker
Jim Farley
Bob Hannigan
Jesseonaldson
Arthur Summerfield
Post Office
Department and Civil Service Commission
Iowa
Agricultural Department
PMA
Federal
Civil Service Commission
Gerhard Freese Rites Today
Gerhard Freese died at home after a lengthy illness. Born August 18 1895 he was the son of Henry and Augusta Freese. He married Josephine Curtis in 1921 and served in World War I. He was a member of multiple local organizations. Surviving are his wife four children two sisters and three grandchildren. Funeral and burial were at Sacred Heart Church Monticello.
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Gerhard Freese
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Henry
Augusta Peters Freese
Josephine Curtis
North Garryowen
Knights of Columbus
Monticello
Sacred Heart Holy Name Society
American Legion
VFW
Duane
Joyce
John
Jean) Hines
Donald
Janice) Knapp
Cascade
William
Anna) Matthiessen
Ernest
Elisa) Wahl
William Reuter
Cyril White
Raymond Leytem
B. H. Behrends
Henry Prult
Donald Hennessey
Henry Peters
George Mardorf
Begin School Census Today In Monticello
Eight Monticello women of the Parent Teachers association will supervise a town wide census of residents up to 21 years old and deaf and blind persons up to 65. The effort, under PTA direction, gathers names addresses birth dates sex and handicaps to aid local school planning.
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Monticello
Parent Teachers Association
Iowa
Monticello Independent School District
Ark
Floyd Kephart
PTA
Alva Freese
Selma DeShaw
Claude Appleby
Donald Morey
Herschel Drury
Otto Smith
A. K. Jones
Elmer Drexler
Kephart
40th Anniversary Open House for Hustons Recalls 1914 Marriage
Onslow Community Hall hosted a 40th wedding anniversary open house Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Huston were honored as well as their family: three sons Russell Davenport Paul Wyoming Harold Center Junction and three daughters Lucille Finkenbinder Wyoming Laura Clark Mechanicsville and Ronald Hanna Onslow plus twelve grandchildren. A noon dinner served 100 guests and 150 attended the reception. The couple married February 25 1914 at Olin and have lived in Jones County since. Local towns listed include Clarence Lowden Cedar Rapids Anamosa Davenport Olin Wyoming Mechanicsville Oxford Junction Center Junction and Onslow.
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Onslow
Clarence Huston
Clarence
Lowden
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Davenport
Olin
Wyoming
Mechanicsville
Oxford Junction
Center Junction
Jones County
Russell
Paul
Harold
Lucille Finkenbinder
Laura Clark
Ronald Hanna
Naylor Poses With Seed Bags For Express Photo
Jerry J. Naylor of Farm Seed and Service Co. Scotch Grove stacks six bags of red clover seed then adds a seventh to show the brand name clearly. The seed house sits near the company office in the old Scotch Grove depot, as photographed by the Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry J. Naylor
Farm Seed and Service Co
Scotch Grove
Express
Naylor
Jerry
Weeklong Monticello Camp Fire Leaders Training Schedule
Miss May Belle Carter regional Camp Fire Girls official visits Monticello for a week of leadership conferences March 1 to 5. Sessions cover guardians and sponsors for 5th to 9th grades, Blue Bird leaders, and district board and treasurer meetings at multiple homes and public school facilities.
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May Belle Carter
Camp Fire Girls
Monticello
Bill Corbin
James Nelson
Lyman Perkins
Orlando Null
Harold Wilcox
Donald Sutherland
Blue Bird
Charles Podhaski
Board of Awards
Tom Henderson
Leslie Linn
Linn
DeShaw
Les Linn
Arch Edwards
Elmer Drexler
Ralph Bone
Karl Keyes
H. M. Carpenter
Carpenters
Cantenasta
Horizon Club
Null
Henry Seehusen
Edwards
Sutherland
Anne
Shirley Shelley
Chas. Podhaski
E. Landis
Glen Jones
Shover
Methodist Church
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Hogan
Jack Beeks
Brookfield, Ill
J. C. Beeks
Donald Buckner
Earl Battles
Billy Buckner
Harry Baumann
Arthur Burrichter
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst, Il
Fred Bonk
Des Moines
Guy Byerly
J. D. Peet
Mt. Vernon
Alva Behrends
William Behrends
Anna Gerdes
Mabel Behrends
Carl Monk
Margaret Maruge
Loren Faust
Dubuque
Fritz Maruge
Paul Morf
Fredericksburg
Mrs
Louis Morf
Albert Oltmanns
J. H. Hinrichs
John Hinrichs
Leonard Wilson
Alburnett
Charles Backman
Felix Backman
George Hoffman
Robert Levien
Vernon Meier
J. J. Greenwood
Ray Keller
Dubuaque
Doris Hagen
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Henry Hagen
Robert Graves
Brownsdale
Mian
Virginia Eilers
George Crombaugh
Dean Podhuska
Chelsea
Edna Hillar
Belle Plaine
Merle Baxter
Dennis and
David
Riverside
Calif
Ed Cox
Karl Behrends
Jesup
Leigh Clark
Ernest Wahl
Robert Wahl
Earl Wahl
Robert J. Liddy
Fairfield
J. A.liddy
Louis Helms
Loras College
Florence Helms
Paul Manternach
George Manternach
Harold Hartman
Maye Davenport
J. A. Liddy
Wayne Pritchard
Wilbur Hinrichs
Leslie Bright
St. Luke’s Hospital
B. T. Balcar
Robert Hogan
M. F. Hogan
Dillon Franks
DeWitt
Leon Beitz
Marvin Stahlberg
Edward Siebels
Kenneth
Robert Rickels
Robbie
John Wacker
Mary Rickels
Ella
Paul Kenyon
Louis Rigby
Ernest Chapman
Clara Rigby
Thomas Coates
Roscoe Cullen
Ed Muntz
J. W. Lewis
Daughters
Peosta
Mary Walsh
Bernard
Harry Stoffel
Dorrance Gassman
Ed Behrends
Marilyn
F. C. Cramer
A. W
Harold Dunn
Carl Quint
Marie
Winthrop
George Billmeyer
Vernon Payne
Sherrie
Shirley McCurdy
Charles City
Mary Iverson
Iowa Falls
Verne McCurdy
Dale Chapman
Leonard Ward
Marion
Rachel Reyner
Alvin Miller
Miller
Iowa City
Clarence Hosford
Elmer Sheppard
Golden
Kenneth Sheppard
Coggan
Robert Barriger
Frank Richardson
William Mardorf
Hopkinton
Colin Tschantz
Russell James
Mr. Vernon
Andy Laban
John Labans
Donald Prult
Joey
Prairieburg
Frank Althoff
South Garryowen
Patrice Fitzsimmons
Celestine Hansen
Maquoketa
Mrs. Leroy Beard
W. L. Grubbs
St. Joseph, Mo
J. D. Bohlken
Leo Bohlken
Fred Schuman
Watertown
Wis
G. C. Bonwell
R. L. Bonwell
E. E. Towne
William Brokens
Leslie Strickel
Manchester
Martin Buol
Robert Tufts
Rock Island, NL
James Bader
Jan Bader
Clifford Arduser
Robert
Raymond Taylor
Alice Taylor
Gerald Wells
H. T. Barlow
Allis-Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers CA
WNEC
ALLIS
Chalmers Sales and Service
Geo. C. Schoon Implement Co. Monticello
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Gun Club
Miss Carter
Cantanasta
LaVerne J. Leibold
Charles Vernimont
Independence
Charlie Vernimont
Iowa City Hospital
Marvin Sanderson
George Rausch
Judy
Walter Rausch
James Adams
Louis Pillard
Harry Knott
Coggon
Lyle Paul of
Odebolt
James Morrissey
John McNeilly
Pat and
Mike
Oelwein
Charles Luett
Harvey Harford
Richard Thompson
Baby of
James Thompson
Irvin Beebe
Lou Ann Meisner
St. Luke's Hospital
Lou Ann
LaVonne Ruggeberg
Lost Nation
George Burrichter
Darrell Blayney
Karen
Kathy
THE
State Conservation Officer
Ken Madden
State Superintendent of Fish and Game Wildlife
Emil Prull
William Basler
State of
Monticello, Iowa
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